Out of respect for all the turkeys making the ultimate sacrifice tomorrow, we’re putting the Friday Insider column on vacation until next week, when we’ll be back with all the political intrigue from the first week in December. Good gobbling to...

Albany County legislators are trying to keep employees targeted for layoff by County Executive Michael Breslin. Carol DeMare has the story here.

State Supreme Court Justice Joseph Teresi, in a decision released this morning, ruled that the Fort Orange Club can’t sue to force the city of Albany to issue a demolition permit until city officials have formally said ‘no.’ Here’s a link to Teresi’s...

Now that it appears the Internet is here to stay, we here at Local Politics are making the leap to Twitter. There are many reasons for this, not the least of which is that now when you see us fiddling with our phones at a Town Board meeting or...

From today’s column (and please excuse the poor Hamlet reference…): – Albany looks to shred at least one part of former police Chief James Tuffey’s legacy — 1,000 parking placards that were purchased for a shade over $900 but which will never see...